noun Download 🔗Share An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition. Examples : "The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run." computing electronics technology device machine signal toeic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly. Examples : "A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting." communication action process toeic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of. Examples : "The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill." communication action language toeic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled. Examples : "The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor." computing technology technical electronics machine toeic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading